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The Labor enquirer., 1887-11-26

Cnange0. ne DeIleved that only
on the economic battlefield could
the great issue between the pro-
ducer and the product-monger.
between the wage-slave and his
fleecer be settled. He became an
anarchist. For further particulars
we refer the reader to the "Auto-
Biography of A. Spies" (price Is
cents), published by Nina Van
Zandt-Spies, Chicago. Illinois.
The following quotations are
from the writings of Mr.. Spies.
To the unprejudiced mind they
will be acceptable as pen-pictures
of his intellectual aspiration and
philosophy:
MY philosophy has always
been that the object Of life can
consist in the enjoyment of life
only, and that the rational appli-
cation of this principle is true
morality. ! held that asceticism,
as taught by the church. was a
crime against nature. Now. OBJ
serving that the vast mass of the
people we're wasting their lives in
drudgery, accompanied by want
and misery, it was but natural
for me to enquire into the
causes. Was this self-abnegation,
this self-crucifxion of the people,
voluntary. or was it forced upon
them and if so by whoma About
this time, while looking over my
books in search of something.
my attention was attracted by
this passage from Aristotle:
When. at some future age, every
tool upon command, or by pre-
destination, will perform its work
as the art works of Dedalus did,
moved by themselves, or like the
feet of Hephatos, who went to
their sacred work spontaneously,
when thus the weaver's shuttles
will weave by themselves, then we
will no longer require masters and
slaves
Had this time, long ago an
ticipated by the great thinker.
not Gomez Yes, it had. There
were the machines, but master and
slave still existed. The question
arose in my mind, is their exist
ence still necessary
Socialism may be defined as a
science dealing with a concrete
form of social organization.
while anarchism (the negation of
imposed authority is the thread
that runs through all the ages Of
human and social development,
the struggle for individual sover-
eighty. While an anarchist, in
my general conceptions, ! am
practically and more specifically
a Socialist. You need not get
frightened. reader. | don't want
your property; nor do ! want to
divide it up. Oh, no! that isn't
anything at all compared with
what I am after. It's too small
an item too begin with. l want
the earth! l want you and every
one to have the earth. That is
ridiculous-a Aye, that's what !
used to think when in my boyhood
people told me that each of my
six brothers had a sister. while in
fact there was only one sister!
Society is in state of disinte-
grafton, in a state of transition,
emerging from one specific form
of organization into another! And
be it said right here that this othe,
| is not the scheme of 'cranks, nor
the theory of impracticable dream
ers. The new organization is the
natural offspring of the present
one. 1t is no metaphysical ho-
munculus, but a sort of a Her
cules, who killed serpents when
but a child. Yes. the capitalistic
system is the parent of Socialism!
Capitalism demonstrates the prac-
ticability of Socialism and furnish
es all the requisites for a general
system of cooperation. The con-
The Labor enquirer., 1887-11-26

brings ! hind Of pau lover our FEEL.
'ings, every man SEES TIE light il
the dafkness. ! believe these
men went 70 their graves to open
for us new era. Applause. Il
feel that tie world has no revenge
in it tonight. There is rather 4
feeling Of PITY, and Il will awaken
in the heasss ofthe people ! sense
Of the existing wrongs which will
bring about = wholly new order. Of
things
Professor Henry Appleton said:
Ladies and gentlemen, l have
been a life-long opposer Of physi-
cal force and am here tonight be-
cause under the cover Of govern
ment one Of the most atrocious
exhibitions of physical force that
has ever disgraced the nation has
taken placein this country to-day.
(Great applause.) The statement
that communism ends in brute
force has been verified in the city
of Chicago this day blythe murder
of FIVE men, for our government is
nothing but communistic gov
ernment, for it is run by public
opinion. Tremendous applause.)
ut is public opinion that has
murdered these men, and when l
see my German friends here to-
night. who are supposed to be sto-
ical people, freely shedding tears,
! feel that Americans ought to be
ashamed Of themselves for stand
ing by and seeing this murder
without interfering. (Great ap-
plause. These men have not been
hung because of what they had
done but because of what they
thought.
"The courts strangled them be-
cause they feared that the doc
trines which they taught might in
time create spiritual dynamite
(cheers), which would in time
overturn the social condition of
things. (Applause.) l say the
American tonight, with his stars
and stripes and all the other par
aphernalia ought to hang his head
in shame for allowing his govern
ment to commit crime that the
Russian car dare not commit.
Tremendous cheering and ap-
|plause.) The American people
have become so crazy on money
making that they can stand by
and see Magma Charta blush. ZAP
plause.)
"These are sorry times, and it
is one more evidence of the dirty
sink into which the American
people have been dropped by the
existing low state of morals. (Ap-
plause.) You go into the minis
ter's study, the lawyers Office or
the editors sanctum and they say,
to hi with the conscience. give
me the dollar. Step by step the
American conscience has become
smutty and foul (cheers) until
there is not life enough left in the
American, descendants of those
brave men of I776, to stay the
hand of the rotten politicians who
seek to strangle the life of seven
men, striving to benefit their fell
lowmen. (Great applause.)
Another dangerous thing is
the statement Of the press telling
policemen they are to be judges
in political meetings as to how far
speakers shall 60. (Hisses.) Here
the authorities, these iotten poll
ticians, advise policemen to 60 to
the meetings, and these brutal
products of the gin mills are to
decide when men of intelligence
have said enough. Tremendous
applause.) You know that ply
sicians state that in eighty cases
out of one hundred men die i'm.
mediately when hung, but you
will notice that in this case every
rope was fixed so that these men
had To hang there and stranole for
The Labor enquirer., 1887-11-26
DENVER COLORADO, NOVEMBER y lssz
young minds; they needed her
not, except to hurry her along.

The last sad moments OF her
dear ones life were wasting SO
steadily, SO relentlessly. Who can
picture her agony Who can won
der at her desperate protest
against the Regulations Of law
which we're killing her husband
and forbiddingher approacha She
determinedly crossed the dead
line and told them ito kill her as
theywere numbering her husband"
No, they were not so merciful;
they dragged her outside. inveig-
led her around to a quiet corner
with promises of seeing about il" !"
and there ordered her, her two
children and myself into patrol
wagon awaiting us. What had
the innocent children done7
Pleaded dumbly, with soft, fearful
eyes, for their father! What was
my crime? Faithfulnsss to sor-
rowing sister!
Once. when some one asked me
if ! could not prevail on that
woman to keep quiet and go
home," ! answered:
II have no such influence over
her and ! do not wish to have.
Do you wonder that she is nearly
distracted with grief, at being
driven from piltar to post like
this, when in one short hour her
husband will be dead1 She has
not seen him for five days, and
now they deny her the sacred
right of a last goodbye; why, the
worst despotisms in Europe are
not so bad as that!'
AT this a burly, brutal-looking
detective in citizens clothes said,
"See here. young woman. you shut
up or we will send you off in the
wagon!" sr.-
What! Mustn't ! say even
this much in a free country"
asked in surprise.
mo, you can't" he growled
with a fierce frown.
And ! suppose this constituted
my offense; this was my "harangue
to the people on the streets"
And so into the patrol we were
hustled-a heartbroken wife and
mother, two innocent fearful
children and their friend, and car.
ried to a police station. The "po-
lite officers" did not perhaps &c
out of their way to be brutal OF
rough, but were about as ''courte.
Gus" as so many wooden mer
moving about like machines.
Far from being seated in arm
chairs in a comfortable Office, We
were shut up in dark. dirty stone
cells. Mrs. Parsons and her chill
dren in one, myself in another.
There we-American womer
with the blood of revolutionary
fore-fathers coursing in our vein:
were stripped to the skin and
searched by an ignorant Irish
matron under the orders of for
eign officers who could not speal
the English language correctly
Even the children weeping will
fright were undressed ane
searched.
The only word ! said to the
woman who ran her fingers through
my hair, through the hens of my
skirts, and the gathers of. my un
der garments, was: What dc
you expect to 6nda"
II don't know" she simpered
"this is my duty"
She changed the iron doors be-
hind her. finally, and we were left
alone. We could hear one an.
others voices but could not see
each other. And in those gloomy
underground cells, we passed those
terrible, anxious hours of Friday;
November II, 1887. God knows
her lot would have been bitter
enough, in her own comfortable
home with loving, sympathizine
friends at her side to support heI
in that awful time. But who dare
The Labor enquirer., 1887-11-26

Il come here tonight with my
heart full and ! cannot say much.
All Christendom is thinking to-
night, and the very powers that
put these men in their graves are
filed with shame and fear. ZAP
plause and cheers.( While this
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-06
LABOR SCARCE
the DIFFICULTIES OF THE ATLANTIC
AND DAEvyLLE bead
an IDiunction- 10th Legs BrOken-Msd'
HIS Escaps-Politioa! and He'll
giOns Notes
rcorr.,ponaonco Of tho pichmoua ni'7atch.l

rCorrespondence Of tho Richmond nispatch.l
Norrobx. November . PSI.
The Atlantic and p0nyiilo railroad is
considerably hlndercd in rs cous.ruc-
ton worh 10y the difficulty N Obtaining
hands enough to push operations as
rapidly rs the contractors wish. SO this
end OF the line about thirty miles are
graded end over fifteen mii's Of steel
rail laid and two construct on trans
running. The contractors hope to get
near Hicksford before the hard winter
weather sets in. As yet only S, yen. g.
five miles Of the road are under contract
IN injunction has been gotten DOT to
prevent the Atlantic and Daavllle from
crossing the Norfolk and Western on
the eastern limit Of Suffolk.
MIR. james Lyons of Richmond, "
among the speakers at The Demccratic
ratification meeting at johnSous nel
lest night. Hon. John Goclc, Of
Washington, Was also present. Tie goes
from here to Richmond to spech Monday
night.
\ charcoal team and market wagon
driven by Mr.. William Saunders collljed
on the Deep Creek road yesterday after
noon. Joseph Iat.m tcoloreD WIS
knocked down and run over, and had
both legs broken and was burt inter
nauy. 10 is thought his injuries VIII
result fatally.
The carriage and harnoss-makore Of
Norfolk and Portsmouth have organized
Il protective union.
All the pulp.t-of the two cities w,ll be
filed by Presbyterian preachers t)-mor-
row.
The November term Of the United
Stats Circuit Court commences on Mon
day. when Judge Bond Is expected he-e
to sit with Judge Hughes IN the trial OF
the Exchange National Bank cases
The negro Lewis Gatliug. who killed
james thompson with q stone ycst rday,
has 50 far eluled arrest by the police.
As soon As eating struck Thompson be-
went to the Old Dominion wharf and
steopel on board the steamer LuHy,
which wss Just leaving for Hampton.
The wrecaers have toated le.ehconCr
J. b. Vau2rsen, before reported ashore
on Willoughby Spit, brought her To tine
city. and placed h,r on the BcrLly hlts,
as she is leaking The Nettlc also
brought the Schooner Hope, which was
dismastcd in tine late gale.
Genera. W. II. Parsons. brother Of =.
L. Parsons, the Anarchist, now under
sentence OF death at Chicago, has writ
ten a letter 20 Governor Oglesby. Of iili-
nois, pleading for amnesty for bis br9-
thcT.
The Treasury Department at Wash
ington has declined to grant the request
that the revenue cutter on tins station
be allowed to do quarantine dGty at Tire
capes Of Virginia during tho winter
months, for which duty the present
quarantine boat is said not 81 be suia-
Die. The quarantine VII not, Therefore,
be maintained ut tIe capes during the
winter.
Numbers Of vessels are at anchor in
the lower hay with sails carried away or
split by the late storm. q.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-06

Reicigh's Great Sales OF thc Leaf
Continue-Othcr NatierS.

Special telegram 10 The Disistch.l
RAurlGH, n. c., November J.--The
premium tobacco sales were continued
al all the warehouses here to-day. This
evening the award of 81, geo in prizes
WAS made. II. z. Aiken, Of Granville
county, was given the grand prize for
bright wrappers. His average on sales
was 500 per hundred.
Owing to the loss Of bridges and cut-
ting of OF communication kalcigh's cot
ton receipts have fallen of greatly. They
are -. 600 baios this season, or seventy
less than TO this time last season.
Theo. Hobgood, editor OF the Asbe-
vile 1dcQncc, has made an assignment
IL is said that that paper will soon nv
pear in the interest OF the Republican
party. 1t was independent IL the last
campaign.
Norman elders have again appeared in
the extreme western counties, near the
Tennessee line. They arc hard al WORK
making converts.
In Warren county, Wednesday, Amaza
Milan was found dead III the public
highway. He had been drinking and
fell in the road ut point whore there
was considerable water and mud and Was
drowned,
The Cape Fear river, after having
reached height Of fifty five feet above
low water, has commenced falling. The
hood in this stream has done immense
damage to crops, fencing, and timber.
In Bladen county The losses ore heavy
The water in tributary streams Is backed
so rs to overflow immense tracts and
ruined all the crops on them.
Neuse river bridge, near Smithfcld,
on the Shcrt-Cu railway, IS so damaged
by the floods that passengers have Tor
three days been transferred III boats
between the trains on either side OF tie
bridge Much OF the entertainments vas
washed away. Neuse river BIAS also
caused heavy loss TO farmers
The water in Tar river Is now falling.
II has been two feet higher than ever
before. Nearly all the bridges across
this stream are gone.
Five prisoners made their cs'ape Tues
day night from jail at Bahersyille,
Mitchell county. Two voluntarily re-
turned aud surrendered themselves.
News has reached here OF sensational
affair in Swain county. Some disordoriy
people at Charleston. It's county-seat, got
possession OF a quantity OF dynamite
and threatened to blow up some houses.
Mayor Everett went to the place and
ordered the roughs to dcsist. he was
fired At several times, bat was not hunt.
He returned the fire. it is said, and shot
one Of the roughs in the foot.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-06
The Canarel AeanNaI.

tBy Anglo American cable 20 the Dlspaich.l
PARIS, November 5.-Ihe report Of
the committee appointed to inquire into
the CaAlrel scandal was discussed IN the
Chamber Of Deputies to-day. N. Baudry
d'Asson declared it was not q demand Tor
inquiry, but for the prosecution OF VIII
son, which should be submitted to the
Chamber, abuses in connection with the
seals AMI stamps being punishable by
from six months to three years impri
sonment. lie asked NJ. Rouvier, Prime
Minister. to explain the case Of Wilson.
N. Rouvicr said that all the documents
had been placed in the bands Of the
Minister of Justice. Tile discussion v,a
general, ana closed amid great excite
ment. Colonel Fayree moved that the
inquiry be general. and that it extend
back as far as May. 1877, so rs to iucMle
the time Of the advent Of the &c Bros ,ie
Ministry.
VI. Eouyicr. answering D'Onalo. de-
MED that politicians had leycilcd scan-
dals against President Grevy. Applause
from the Centre and murmWs from the
Extreme Left Nobody thought Of me-
cusing the Cabinet OF interfering with
the freedom Of judicial power. The
magistracy WAS above suspicion. Tic
was not possessed OF details regarding
the sale OF decorations. Other facts were
undeniablc, but they did not prove the
necessity for an inquiry. lCommoton.
[ Tie Presidents acts were Away
endorsed by the Ministers; therefore
the Ministers we're responsible fol
all such matters interpretations could
be addressed to them on matters ion
| which they are responsible, hut questions
beyond the province OF Parliament came
within the Jurisdiction Of the judicial
power On these grounds he was OPP
posed to an inquiry. He admitted the
/ Justice Of the feeling which inspired thc
| Chamber, hut thought it was better Il
let matters take their Natural course.
Great uproar followed the conclusion
of the speech. When order had beer
restored Colonel Favru's motion was
carried by vote OF 264 TO 257.
NJ. Jolibois explained that the Right
though in favor of an inquiry, opposed
Colonel Favru's motion because they
considered that it was directed against
the accuseTs rather than against the
guilty. He moved to give the com
mission the widest power.
Colonel Favru spoke in opposition.
The motion was finally carried ~ {
vote of 3l5 to 81. The committees r.
port was then adopted by AS to 81.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-06
PENAL Faor GENERAL GORDON.
He Saws He Did Nnt ESiss General
M0rgan-f5is Siew On GhiO's
Election.

An Atlanta Ca special says: Gov
emor John b. Gordon AMI bis wife Zee
turned from Ohio to-day. Upon LIE re-
turn he was met by the Worid cones
pendent and asked about the kissing
episode in Cleysl land. Re seem i iApa-
tent and indignant as he answered.:
81 never kissed General Morgan.
That report was a miserable lie circu-
lated by the reporter for a Republican
paper. There was no foundation for y
Whatever / met General Morsau wIto
o cordial grasp Of the hand, that WAS al.
How in the word cau sensible people
allow themselves to be deceived by such
hes ,"
"What about your reception in
Ohio ?"
MY best speech and one which was
least noticed, wns delivered at Colum-
bus. | shall never forget the cordial
welcome | received from Judge Thur
man. He caught me by both hands,
and thought ne would wiring them OF.
"When Fred. Douglass, the foremO
leader OF the negro race" continued the
Governor, not needing the reporter 81
question, met me, the applause was
deaiening."
"What about the outlook ?" was
asked.
at is hard to say. Both sides are
working hard, and both are confident OF
success. The election takes place next
Tuesday. and the contest viii be al ex-
citing one"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-06
Nav Gould in n Hurricane.

by Auglo-American cable 10 the DisQat.hl
LONDON, November 5.-The Cunard
steamer Umbria, on which Mr.. Jay
Gould is a passenger, arrived at Queens
town to-day, A hurricane was expert
enced on Wednesday, and the steamer
shipped a number Of tremendous seas.
Five Storage passengers were injured
during the storm. One had leg broken
and another was cut on the arm and
head. In an interview Air. Gould said
that he suffered no inconvenience from
the storm. His freedom from business,
he said, had already had a beneficial
effect upon him.
Mr.. Gould listened closely to the news
OF the latest moves of the market, anC
then declared that he did not intend tC
transact any business during his tour
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-06

Tuos7ay the voters Of Richmond viii
be called upon to @eciIe whether the
al' fei Reform leaders shall be allowed
to keep their contract with MALONE and
turn this far city over 20 the Republic
can party. That IS the plain English Of
lie issue involved in Richmond, That
is the plain English of Mr.. join :.
W1sE's syermcnt as to the pledges given
by the Reform candidates for the House,
which averment was emphasized by one
Of the said candidates at coalition GOD
save the mark meeting Friday night.
And coalition " is good, seeing that
at the meeting referred to amoug the
speakers were LEWIS LINDSEY, Of
reconstruction otoriety, and the editor OF
the negro organ here, the latter of whom
said in his speech that "the white
laboring man and the Niger are to-
ecther now" ard recently intimated in
his paper that the negroes would never
became Democrats until they were
arented social equality.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-06

satisfied and delighted, and applauded
Tho enlepdd effort Of Colonel Beirne. II
aroused en- enthusiasm greater than |
have vet seen during this campaign.
Colonel Eeirne was III q splendid trim
oni had fine audience. he was happy
in his style elegant in his language,
rolendid IN his illustrations, and pecu-
ila~ly strong in bis reasoning. / never
knew speech 70 have finer effect or
one calculated TO 10 moro good. The CAM
peicn is nearly over, and / think no man
he's done harder work and rendered more
effective service than Colonel Belrne.
[ know the Democracy OF Virginia wl'l
rot forrct him in the near future aud re-
uavd hm ns he deserves. Colonel
g,irnc leayes here this morning and the
noodle are hurrahing for him. BE goes
to-day 10 CentreyIIle. Dr. TallafcTo
and his friends are very anxious for
Colonel Belne to 90 TO Guinea tonight
but he says he has an engagement in
Richmond, and must % to fill the ap-
pointmcnt We hope for success IN
tilourcster. and think we will win. ]
borr that Richmond may be still Demo
cri,ic. Z.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-06

ArNeliing.iiouse Damaged BY Fire
Personal,

lCore sp0ndeuce OF tao Richmond Di'po'chl
WurtNsnua0, November ., 1881
Tire rrs lcuce Of Captain James II.
Townsend, who resides Lw miles from
town. caught fire early tbs morning
from q detective chimney. After con-
siderable work on tue part OF the neigh
bors toe building was saved. The dam
age is estimated to be fully 500. with
no insurance. This IS the second expe-
rienee Of the Captains with fire, the first
resulting more disa>uously.
Constable William A. Bloxton, OF
James City county, who was thrown
from his siilky lew days ago and had
an arm broken, besides being consldera-
Div bruised up, was IN town to-day.
itessrs. J. +. Hubbard and st. George
Wilcox. candidates for the Legislature,
viii speak at the Courthouse Monday
night.
Mrs. Mary Merceran Miss Mercer, Of
Durham, X. c., are visiting relatives
here.